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BPI keeps Executive Committee but has four new board members. Gonzalo Gortázar leaves

Jornal Económico7 September 2026 at 18:48

Banco BPI announced the composition of its governing bodies for the 2026-2028 term, after CaixaBank, the sole shareholder of the Portuguese bank, approved the appointments by unanimous written resolution on September 3. Authorization for the new members to assume their positions was granted by the European Central Bank on August 19.

João Pedro Oliveira e Costa remains as BPI's CEO, continuing to lead the Executive Committee, which also includes Afonso Fuzeta Eça, Ana Rosas Oliveira, Diogo Sousa Louro, Francisco Artur Matos and Susana Trigo Cabral. On the non-executive board, four new directors were appointed: Ana Sofia Marta, Cidália Mota Lopes, David Lopez and Sofia Salgado Pinto.

Fernando Ulrich was appointed chairman of the Board of Directors, with Cristina Rios Amorim and Javier Pano as first and second vice-chairpersons. Gonzalo Gortázar, Fátima Barros, Natividad Capella and Joana Freitas leave. The Board now has seven women out of 15 directors and CaixaBank reduced its representation from three to two directors.

On the remaining bodies, Cidália Mota Lopes chairs the Audit Committee, Inês Valadas the Risk Committee, Sofia Salgado Pinto the Nominations, Evaluation and Remunerations Committee, and Artur Santos Silva the Social Responsibility Committee. The General Meeting Committee will be chaired by Luís Graça Moura. BPI is 100% owned by Spanish group CaixaBank.

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